Or, is this already happening and I just missed it?

This thought has been floating around in my head for awhile, and this seems a pretty good place to ask it.  Todd and Brandon talk about these shows being "novelistic", and quality TV is frequently described as cinematic or literary.  If, as I'm sure the majority of us here believe, TV is a medium for great art, will…

Just so we're clear, this show is not about Eric Taylor suddenly finding himself the new Pope?

Rappers, rock bands and pop artists get away with it all the time.  Lady Gaga with gay rights, Beyonce and Jay Z being basically best friends with the Obamas (the Obamas are of course hugely popular in the black community but they are huge crossover stars and I'd bet a lot of their white fanbase disagrees with them)…

Also: hipsters! Those glasses they wear, amirite?!

Yeah I definitely didn't sense any love for multi cam sitcoms.  It also did not have anything to say about sitcoms as a genre or Abed as a character-did you guys know that sitcoms have corny lines and that Abed really likes pop culture?  The  Deanger Games was similar (basically hey this is a thing that is popular…

I've always thought Community starts out their seasons kind of weakly (cue everyone listing early-in-the-season classics)-but it's harder not read into it here.  I don't know if they're capable of being better like I knew Harmon was-they might be but I have no way of knowing.

One thing that worries me is this: the two shows I've marathoned that I think were most suited to the format were The O.C and Gossip Girl.  The show where I was most relieved to catch up to the weekly episodes was Mad Men. I love me some dumb (smart dumb) disposable TV, but I'd hate to see the really good stuff have…

At the beginning of the show the characters were depicted more like regular young straight guys-they've definitely started playing the loser/insularity angle as times gone on.

I think this may be my favorite episode of the series.  This is the first episode where I really felt like I was watching one of the best comedies on TV (it's been close but not quite for awhile).  I honestly thought the show had become as good as it was ever going to be but this episode took it to another level for…

Didn't they contradict Lily and Marshall meeting in this episode?  I have a vague memory that in an early episode we find out that Lily is hiding something from Marshall about their meeting, like she was looking for a different guy or something.

From the previews Do No Harm looked both high concept and urban so I'm not surprised it failed.

From the previews Do No Harm looked both high concept and urban so I'm not surprised it failed.

"Let's have one of those nights where like, it's 5 AM, and one of us has definitely punched someone who's been on a Disney Channel show".  We've all been there.

I enjoyed The Sopranos, Kendrick, and when Adam took his shirt off.

Yeah he's hot.  P.S I approve of women and gays starting more discussions like this on The AV Club.

"a nod to technology that she’s never referenced before"-I don't understand this.  Is it a thing for Leslie to reference technology (or not reference it)?

The most important takeaway is that Victor has way better tast in ties than Julia.

Was April making fun of Babraham when she asked how he'd been, or does she genuinely want to catch up with a middle school acquaintance now that she knows he grew up to be a stripper president?

Was April making fun of Babraham when she asked how he'd been, or does she genuinely want to catch up with a middle school acquaintance now that she knows he grew up to be a stripper president?